Chapter 424: Exploring Yunmengze Again
Drinking tea at night is not a good choice as it can easily cause you to fall asleep.
But the two of them still took turns drinking, and at most chatted occasionally. The weather was getting colder, and they were afraid that it would be another disaster year.
It was not until the lights came on that the night strollers finished their dinner and started to go out on the streets.
After the leader came back, the curfew was lifted, the fighting on the front line stopped for a while, and the leader was in charge of Yuezhou. Everyone felt much more relaxed.
Except for the two people who are drinking tea silently now.
"If you have anything to say, just say it."
Yang He spoke first: "It's safe here, no one can hear our conversation."
As he spoke, he took out a small copper bell from his sleeve. The bell moved automatically without wind, and every vibration emitted a wave of spiritual energy.
Zhao Yushu put down his teacup: "I treat you as a friend, so I'll be frank with you. I need your help."
"What help?"
"I'm going to Yunmengze again. You know where I'm going, and you also know who I'm hiding this from."
The corner of Yang He's mouth twitched: "I said..."
"I know you said that," Zhao Yushu interrupted him, "I didn't do anything bad to your leader, I just wanted to keep it a secret from him."
Yang He lowered his head: "I have my own reasons for doubting, but you were not there at the time, so why did you doubt it too? You have to tell me the truth."
Zhao Yushu nodded: "Okay, let me ask you first, did you know that your leader had seen this monster before?"
Yang He thought for a moment and said, "As far as I know, no."
"After your leader broke the magic circle today, the big demon looked at him and said, 'It's you again.'"
Yang He's eyes suddenly widened: "The leader took the initiative to offer to deal with the big monster!"
"That's right. I can't think of the reason either. All my guesses are evidence, so I'm going to go again."
Yang He stared at Zhao Yushu's eyes intently, and Zhao Yushu also looked at him calmly.
"If nothing is found in the end."
Yang He is making his final effort.
"If I find nothing, then I have wronged your leader. I will leave Yuezhou City immediately. We should keep to ourselves. When you are happy one day, you can come to Dongdu to have tea with me."
Yang He bit his lip: "If, you find something."
Zhao Yushu sighed and said, "What do you think I, a mere sixth-level cultivator, can do to your leader?"
Yang He shook his head helplessly: "I heard a lot of your stories in Qiantang, Zhao Yushu, I am very proud, but I admit from the bottom of my heart that if I were you, I couldn't do what you did. I just think that even if you find it, you should leave."
Zhao Yushu was stunned for a moment, and was about to speak when he was interrupted by Yang He: "You are my friend, I don't want anything to happen to you in Yuezhou."
Zhao Yushu nodded: "Okay, no matter what the result is, I will leave Yuezhou as long as your leader is willing to let me go."
The two clinked glasses again. It was not a parting on bad terms, nor was it a feeling of welcome. They just walked out of the door, said goodbye to each other, and walked away, one on each side.
On the third day, Zhao Yushu received an invitation from Sanniang, inviting him and Lan Ling to go to the famous pavilion to enjoy the river view, with Yang He accompanying them.
The river view is beautiful. Looking at the river rushing past the pavilion, Yang He joked that as a student of the academy, how could Zhao Yushu not recite a poem at this time?
So Lao Zhao made up a doggerel, which caused a burst of laughter. Lao Zhao was furious and claimed that climbing high and looking far was more like being too ambitious. Since he wanted to write a poem, he naturally had to go into the river to experience it in person in order to write a good poem.
So Yang He asked his followers to prepare a small boat without hesitation. He jumped down from the very high building and landed steadily on the small boat in the middle of the river. He raised his head to Zhao Yushu provocatively.
Zhao Yushu was not willing to be outdone. He turned into a bolt of thunder, his figure flashed, and he fell into the boat. The river flowed continuously, carrying the two of them through several turns and plunged into the swamp.
"We don't have much time, show us what you can do!"
Zhao Yushu nodded, and the copper ball in his hand spun. A hurricane blew up, and the sail of the boat was immediately fully raised. Like an arrow shot from a bow, it rushed straight towards the ruins at the bottom of the lake.
If they brought Lan Ling with them, with her water power to help them, they could go even faster, but she needed to continue playing with Sanniang upstairs. Sanniang was completely unaware of this, and this was the decision made after the three of them discussed it.
Lan Ling will delay the Red Lotus followers who followed Yang He. This time may not be long, at most one or two hours. The two must return before dark.
The boat was going very fast, but it still took half an hour to arrive. Zhao Yushu looked at the slightly slanting sun and stopped the copper ball in his hand: "We're here."
"I'm not good at water fighting. You go down and I'll help you look after it from above."
Zhao Yushu nodded, without further ado, he leaped into the water and swam straight towards the ruins that had been hidden again at some point in time.
Although the leader briefly tore the formation apart, it was not known whether it was accidental or intentional, and he did not destroy the formation. Zhao Yushu estimated the distance and decisively took out Minghong. The spiritual power of the Human Emperor Sword burst out, a golden light spread, and the ruins appeared in front of him out of thin air.
This magic circle only has the effect of concealing and isolating water flow, it cannot stop people. Zhao Yushu only felt his feet sinking, and the buoyancy disappeared, and the whole person fell steadily in the ruined hall.
Then he decisively rushed towards the direction where the big demon had escaped. Although the big demon was smart, his life was in danger at the time. He definitely had no time to set a trap for an inner scene, and it would be useless even if he did.
Therefore, the direction he chose to escape must be the direction he subconsciously thought was the safest.
What's in this direction?
Since the big monster escaped, the thick fog in this area of water has dissipated a lot, and only thin water vapor occasionally floats on the water surface.
Yang He sat cross-legged on the boat, with a long sword placed across his knees, and his eyes slightly closed to rest. His spiritual consciousness passed through the water and felt the subtle fluctuations of the formation the moment Zhao Yushu used Minghong to open the formation.
Although it is very weak, I can indeed feel it, and this is under the premise that my perception is greatly reduced due to the counteraction of my martial arts in the water.
The leader was standing on this place at the beginning, it was very accurate.
Yang He closed his eyes in pain. There are some things that cannot be doubted. Once the seed of doubt is planted in the heart, the seed will take root and sprout, growing madly with every thing until the trust is squeezed into pieces.
"The leader did nothing wrong. Even if he had been here before, even if he had fought with that big monster before, it doesn't prove anything."
Yang He tried hard to find excuses, but if Zhao Yushu had not created that darkness, would the leader take action?
Or in other words, is it possible to find this place so accurately?
If Zhao Yushu really died, would it cause the wrath of the old immortal in Dongdu? Was the Red Lotus Sect really ready to go to war with the academy?
There is some cunning in the art of war, but one must still be upright. One will not go far if one only follows cunning ways, Master, you taught me this yourself.
Yang He suddenly opened his eyes. He didn't know when the fog around him had become much thicker.